Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 60: The "Former Residence" with No Trace Left

"Speaking of celebrities from Moon Shadow Island, I remember the staff in charge of the lottery introducing them?"

After having lunch at the hotel, several people strolled on the island. Xiaolan suddenly remembered the introduction of the lottery staff.

"Yes, it seems he is a pianist named Keiji Aso." Tachibana Shizuka took a natural attitude and did not hide anything since Xiaolan mentioned him.

"Yes, it's Keiji Aso." Xiaolan nodded repeatedly and praised Shizuka Tachibana for his good memory.

"I remember the staff said that Tsukikage Island seems to be the birthplace of Mr. Aso. Is there his former residence here?"

Generally speaking, local celebrities will have former residences or something like that. In China, these would be tourist attractions like the Forbidden City, or the Zhang Mansion in Shenyang.

"Why not ask a local?" Although strolling around is nice, Yuanzi, who can't sit still, wants to try the local attractions, so he made a new suggestion.

Tachibana Shizuka increasingly feels that Sonoko has the potential to be the new generation of rice flower idea king.

"Since everyone wants to go, Hattori and I will go find someone to ask." After saying this, Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji left the team.

The two people's target was clear: the convenience store on the nearby street corner.

It's called a convenience store, but it's more like a small shop in the village. The owner sits at the door and will help you find what you need.

When he arrived at the door of the shop, Tachibana Shizuka didn't ask in a hurry, but asked the boss to get five bottles of drinks.

After paying, Tachibana Shizuka asked the boss, "By the way, manager, before we came here, we heard that this seems to be the birthplace of piano master Keiji Aso?
So is there a place like his former residence on the island?"

"Who? Are you talking about Keiji Aso?" The elderly boss was a little confused and repeated it uncertainly.

"Yes, it's Keiji Aso." Tachibana Shizuka nodded.

"The former residence of Keiji Aso." The boss's expression became strange. He hesitated several times before finally speaking.
"There is indeed a place on the island where Aso Keiji once lived. It's not far from here. Just follow this road and turn left at the end. You will find it."

"Thank you very much!" Seeing that the boss had no intention of continuing, Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji walked towards Xiaolan and the others with the drinks they bought.

"Hey, Tachibana. Do you think that boss is a little strange?" Hattori Heiji suddenly asked Tachibana Shizuka on the way.

"I have this feeling, I always feel like he has something to say, but in the end he doesn't say it.

And it's related to this Aso Keiji."

"By the way, do you know this Keiji Aso?" Hattori Heiji became visibly more energetic, and the lazy demeanor he had after arriving on the island was gone.

The detective's keen sense of smell makes him constantly excited, and only this abnormal situation is enough for Hattori Heiji to find the feeling of a detective.

Tachibana Shizuka nodded and said, "I do know Keiji Aso. He was a pianist from Tsukikage Island and he often performed abroad during his lifetime.

The information about his death is vague, and this is all I can find."

Tachibana Shizuka was not lying to Hattori Heiji, but he actually went to the school library to look up Keiji Aso.

There is indeed not much record about Keiji Aso in the book. It mostly records his achievements in piano and his contributions to art.

"I don't know why, but whenever I hear the name Aso Keiji, I always feel like I'm being summoned," Hattori Heiji said, tilting his head in confusion. The last time he felt that way was with that Kanto High School detective named Kudo Shinichi. "So, you're one of the chosen ones too? Let's hurry up, maybe we'll find out when we get there."

Tachibana Seiji walked quickly to Xiaolan's side, handed the drinks to Xiaolan and Sonoko, and then led the way to Keiji Aso's former residence as the boss pointed out.
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"Is this the former residence of Keiji Aso that the boss mentioned? This former residence really does sound very 'old'."

Tachibana Shizuka and the other four stared at the ruins in front of them with their mouths wide open. Sonoko couldn't help but start complaining.

The reason for the complaints is actually very simple, because what they see in front of them is not a building at all, but a ruin.

It was still the kind of ruins that were left with only broken walls and ruins after being burned by a fire.

No wonder the boss was hesitant to speak, this former residence is really simple and hardcore.

At this moment, Hattori Heiji remembered what Tachibana Shizuka had just told him about the vague way Keiji Aso died in the book.

"So Keiji Aso died in a fire?" Hattori Heiji was a little unsure about this argument.

Because being burned to death is not a shameful way to die, such vagueness in books is usually due to uncertainty or some Spring and Autumn style of writing.

Not to mention that it is out of respect for the respected person, or perhaps it is just some indecent things that cannot be recorded.

Just as Hattori Heiji and the other three were looking at each other with question marks in their minds, a female voice suddenly interrupted their conversation.

"Excuse me, are you tourists visiting the island?"

Tachibana Shizuka turned around and instantly confirmed the identity of the person who came. Before Kaito Kid took up the banner of Conan's cross-dressing, the person who opposed the cross-dressing boss in "Detective Conan" was this person——

Aso Makoto, or rather, we should call him Asai Makoto now.

It was not until he met this big boss in person that Tachibana Shizuka finally understood what it meant to be unable to tell whether he was a man or a woman, because no matter how you looked at it, Asai Makoto was a woman.

Tachibana Shizuka was not surprised that Asai Makoto appeared here, after all, this was where his family was killed.

Even if you can't come here often, it's normal to come here occasionally to reminisce.

But Tachibana Shizuka didn't expect that he would actually talk to them. What does this mean?
Tachibana Shizuka stepped forward and nodded honestly to Asai, "Yes, we are all tourists. Before we came, someone introduced us to the famous people on the island.

That’s why I wanted to visit his former residence, but now it looks…”

Tachibana Shizuka showed a look of confusion just right, fully demonstrating their confusion about Keiji Aso's former residence.

Whose former residence is just a pile of ruins?

Upon hearing this, Asai Makoto smiled gently at everyone and said, "I think you must have misunderstood. There is actually no such attraction as Aso Keiji's former residence on the island.

To be precise, this is indeed where Keiji Aso once lived, but the village has no intention of turning it into a tourist attraction.

I think you came here to ask the elders in the village, right? They don’t understand the current travel trends as well as the young people do.

"Excuse me, Miss, are you from this island?
By the way, is it convenient for me to ask you a few questions? " Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up when he saw Asai Makoto. Under the strange gaze of Toyama Kazuha, he came to Asai Makoto and asked sincerely.

(End of this chapter)